Charles wrote up a great post this month in which he outlined a number of best practices for a new news organization. Charles and Corey take a look at some key points, with a little healthy debate.
USA Today introduces a digital edition that they’ll email to you for a price. Not only will Corey not subscribe, but he’s being proactive and adding USA Today to his spam filter.
The Newport Daily News tries to protect its print business by charging inflated prices for access to its website.
On a related note, is Western Union trying to prop up the telegraph business by charging too much for cell phone calls? They would if they were run by IAC’s Barry Diller. He speculates that all content on the Internet will be paid within the next five years.
Charles points out that Diller’s no spring chicken in much the same way that Jon Stewart had a little fun this week at Katie Couric’s expense over the average age of her show’s audience: 62. Every time a bell rings, does one of her demo die?
We don’t know, but if the journalism business dies, who will pay for journalism? Charles and Corey spend some time talking about models for getting journalists paid in a post-print world.